Lucky Star
Chapter 8- Black Forest Cake
The next day, after Tenten's day off, Tenten was oddly chirpy. The girls, minus Hinata who knew better than to pry, tried to find out why.
"So how was your day off," Ino asked, in her way of being sly.
Tenten grinned, "Great," she turned to the customer, "Would you like some of our specialty, Strawberry Lucky pie?" This caused Ino to drop the cup of coffee she was making, scalding herself.
Tenten turned in concern, "Ino, are you alright? You're awfully clumsy today."
Wiping herself off, Ino nervously laughed, slowly backing up in the process, "It's not the best of days for me. I'll just stay in the back today to prevent any more accidents," with that ran off to the back and to Hinata holding a tray of cookies. After a balancing act, Hinata managed to save most of the cookies, which Ino caught the ones that dropped.
"What's wrong Ino?" Hinata asked, catching her breath.
Ino was in a shocked stupor, "Tenten…cake…chirpy!" and promptly passed out. Hinata just stared at passed out Ino and when to put the cookies out. 15 minutes later when she walked back in and still saw Ino passed out, she picked up the phone.
The first thing Ino saw when she woke up was spikey hair, "Hey, Mr. Pineapple-head," she said drowsily, "Do you by any chance know Mr. Chicken-butt-head?" Mr. Pineapple-head, a.k.a Shikamaru, stared at Ino like you would a pontentially dangerous mental patient, "Yeah, I do know Mr. Chicken-butt-head. He's a real party animal."
Shikamaru leaned over Ino, her eyes were dilated. He shook his head. She must have had a nasty fall. He gently tapped her, "Ino…wake up" he held up 5 fingers, "How many fingers do you see?" Ino groggily stared at his hand, "That's a hand? I thought pineapples didn't have hands."
Shikamaru sighed and muttered along the lines of troublesome and blond girls, "Humor me."
Ino squinted, "I see 5 fingers."
"Wrong, the thumb isn't a finger, but it's nice to know that you're among the semi-sane," Shikamaru helped Ino up to a sitting position and searched the back of her head for any bruises.
Ino, though among the semi-sane, was not among the conscious, "Huh? Shikamaru? What are you doing here?"
Shikamaru, content with her condition, patted her head, "Looking out for a friend. Now care to tell me why you passed out?"
Ino tilted her head and went into Ino-land, home of the blondes. The mouse-wheel started turning, "That's right. Tenten was acting freaky." He raised an eyebrow. Ino frowned, "Well more than usual," she looked at Shikamaru in pleading understanding, "She was smiling and chirping!" She grabbed his shirt and pulled him close, "She even offered her favorite pie/cake! Tenten never does that!" Shikamaru did a double take on her, maybe she lost her sanity on the way down.
He patted her shoulders, "Breathe, Ino. Tenten is just fine."
"No she isn't!" Ino said, her voice raising to a screech.
He resisted the temptation to plug his ears, "She's just fine. I'll prove it to you and if there's anything wrong, I'll help you fix it."
Ino brightened, "Really!" She hugged him, "Thanks for helping."
'Helping with what?' Shikamaru thought, but decided not to ask since Ino was acting normal, well, her normal, again.
7 hours later, Tenten was still holding on to her chirpy mood. The girls and guys, minues Neji, stared at her. Naruto muttered to Sakura, "Since when did Tenten hum when she's cleaning?"
"Never," Sakura muttered back. Ino, on the other hand, was tugging on Shikamaru, "See! What did I tell you?" Shikamaru stared in disbelieve, this countered all previous predictions, "You're right…for once." Ino punched him, "Now you have to fix it!"
He held his hands up in disbelief, "What do you want me to do! I'm not a girl!"
"No, but you're a guy," Hinata said, eating some of the cake, Tenten had offered her, another sign of her insanity, "She'll be less cautious when talking to you." Shikamaru grabbed an indifferent Sasuke, "If I'm going in, he's going with me!" Sasuke turned from staring at the wall to give Shikamaru an evil look.
Sakura gave Sasuke a pleading look, "Please? I know that I don't know you very well, but you know Tenten. She never acts this way." Sasuke looked into her green eyes and tried to ignore the sound of his heart melting, he looked away and shrugged indifferently. Naruto, eager to do it, though never asked, dragged Shikamaru and Sasuke towards Tenten, "Hey Tennie-chan!"
Tenten giggled back, "Hey, Naruto!" In the background, Ino paled and grabbed on Sakura's arm for support, Hinata dropped the piece of cake she was eating, and Sakura was recording the filmage on her cell-phone for future blackmail.
Naruto didn't seem to be in any shock, "So, you're rather happy today. What's up!"
Tenten looked of in the distance, "Nothing much."
Shikamaru slouched into a chair, "Really?"
"Yes, really. You know your everyday kind of thing; work your butt off, get bitten by a cat, get annoyed by your stupid next-door neighbor, get asked to the best concert by a guy…you know the norm," Tenten casually said.
Sasuke gave Tenten a look. Tenten slapped Sasuke on the arm, "Don't give me that look. The guy isn't a molester. You guys know him."
"We do?" Sasuke asked.
Tenten didn't seem frazzled or seem to get what was going on, "Yeah, it's Gaara. He has tickets to see the Akatsuki!"
Sasuke's frown deepened, "You know I could just get you, tickets for it. Itachi is in the band."
Tenten sat down, "Yeah, but I don't want to keep depending on you for tickets. That would be taking advantage of you."
"Like you normally don't," he muttered under his breathe.
Tenten waved her arms and had sparkles in her eyes, "But they're front row, behind the set tickets!"
Shikamaru interrupted Sasuke's statement, which he could tell was either going to be rude, crude, or rude/crude, "Do you like Gaara?"
Tenten looked at them in confusion, "Like…Gaara?"
He nodded slowly, like talking to a kid, "Yes. Like Gaara."
She thought for a moment, "Well, I like him as a friend."
Sasuke gave her an interrogative look, "Do you like him more than a friend?"
Tenten blinked in realization, "Don't worry Sasuke, you don't need to go all childhood friend on me. He's just a classmate who offered me tickets." She patted his shoulder, "Thanks for caring though," and skipped off to do more cleaning.
Shikamaru thumped Sasuke's shoulder in understanding, "Don't worry, I can totally relate," he said to a twitching Sasuke. Naruto, his bumbling self with random smart moments, just had a smart moment, "Why can't Tenten tell that Gaara actually likes her more than that?"
Sasuke, glared at the containers of sugar, watching it burst into flames. Things were going to get interesting around here.
--O.O--
"Is that even possible!" Dark Shadow number one asked, amazed.
"You just watched it happen."
"I mean that's incredible."
"Of course, sugar randomly bursting into flames is."
"Not that, Tenten has the smallest waist and the biggest bra size!"
Dark Shadow number two put it's head on the table in a loud 'thump.'
--author's note--
Thanks to everyone who's reviewed so far. I know I don't mention this often, but I love you and I've decided today to give you guys a special part of the story. So now, you can ask random questions to the characters and myself and they'll or I'll answer! It can be totally random, from Wolfie's idea of how to make ramen cake to Naruto, or even ask Tenten what's her favorite cake! So post your questions!
RANDOM POLLING!
Ok, Last time I asked you who was the hottest guy in Naruto and the results are
Kiba- 4
Gaara- winning with 9
Itachi- 5
Shino- 2
and Lee- with one (a joking vote from Free-Range-Muffin)
This week I'm asking what the worst thing that could happen on a date:
A) You're ex-boyfriend or childhood friend shows up in the middle of it and won't leave
B) Your friends decide to "help" and spy along (loudly)
C) Some bitch comes up and gets in your face
D) You trip and ruin your clothes
or
E) You end up late and messy
Thanks again to all the reviewed last time;
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